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[OlafS3]

I have asked this to gpsoft, the owner of Directory Opus Magellan II:

The other question is, would it be
possible to open the source (f.e. for using it in Aros) and how much would you want to have for it? I would ask to make a bounty for it, perhaps there is enough interest.

And the answer was:
For the source, we would want something like A$5-10K.

What do you think? Should we make a bounty?

[JuMa]

I doubt that we could collect that much.

[Kronos]

I guess one should 1st clear up in what stage these sources would be.

Pure C or some 68k-ASM thrown into it ?

Documented or wild spaghetti-code ?

Uses undocumented features of AmigaOS or just the public API ?

Next step would be deciding what the goal is here:

- just another desktop for AROS (Scalos has just been ported)
- act as an addon to Wanderer
- completly replace Wanderer on AROS-distros

[OlafS3]

From all camps? I think it could be possible

[fishy_fiz]

I think having Dopus Mag2 open source would be fantastic. It's something that all camps would probably enjoy. I doubt any os4, mos, or aros users would turn thier noses up at the idea of native versions for thier platforms of choice and 68k users could benefit from bug fixes, and any changes/improvements made along the way.

[OlafS3]

it f.e. works in the Aros 68k version so it is propably not using undocumented things...

[fishy_fiz]

@JuMa

Dont under estimate the money the remaining amiga users are willing to spend. AROS users got poseidon open sourced, at the cost of near to $5k, OS4 people have a similar amount invested in Firefox, and so on and so forth.

Combine all camps and even $10k doesnt appear too much of a stretch.

[takemehomegrandma]

Originally Posted by OlafS3

From all camps? I think it could be possible

I think it already runs on MorphOS?

I wouldn't know myself though, had no reason to try, since the MorphOS workbench (Ambient) already implements most of the key features I would most likely be wanting to use from Magellan, so...

[OlafS3]

no it does not. It is propably imitating some of the features but it is not running Magellan.

[weiseb]

The 68k Dopus Magellan II works pretty well on Morphos.
I am still using it more than Ambient.

Only thing I am missing is support for large files.
So I would definitely donate to make it Opensource but I am
skeptical the sum can be reached.

[OlafS3]

Lets try it. The response is very positive so I think it is possible.

[takemehomegrandma]

Originally Posted by OlafS3

no it does not.

I guess I'll have to take your word for it then, but at least Magellan 2 *did* run on MorphOS. It was very commonly used as an Ambient replacement back in the early MorphOS days, since the Ambient back then was quite limited:

http://jpv.wmhost.com/dopus-magellan2/ (also see the FAQ link from that page for details in tweaking)

I know that this linked-to article was for MorphOS 1.4, but is there really any reason to believe it won't run on MorphOS 2? If someone has bothered to try, please make a post!

It is propably imitating some of the features but it is not running Magellan.

Well, as I said, for my own perspective, most of the Magellan 2 features and functionality that *I personally* would be interested in, are already integrated native in the MorphOS workbench called Ambient, in a very nice way. Maybe it would help to rise interest from MorphOS users if you (or someone else) would compile a list of the benefits of choosing Magellan 2 instead of Ambient?

[AmiKit]

Originally Posted by Kronos

Next step would be deciding what the goal is here:

- just another desktop for AROS (Scalos has just been ported)
- act as an addon to Wanderer
- completly replace Wanderer on AROS-distros

I'd like to emphasize what Kronos said. What is the goal? This must be defined precisely. And maybe even more important thing, WHO would continue the development? Someone has to be assured BEFORE the 5k is spent.

[lempkee]

Originally Posted by Kronos

I guess one should 1st clear up in what stage these sources would be.

Pure C or some 68k-ASM thrown into it ?

Documented or wild spaghetti-code ?

Uses undocumented features of AmigaOS or just the public API ?

Next step would be deciding what the goal is here:

- just another desktop for AROS (Scalos has just been ported)
- act as an addon to Wanderer
- completly replace Wanderer on AROS-distros

I'll answer you m8.
1:Its Mix of C and Asm (heavily on ASM though)
2:Its Spaghetti
3:Its Both OS friendly(API) and non friendly.



@all

as i have tried to say before and on AW, this is not for beginners at all, GuruMeditation bought a liscense for OS4 version of Dopus Mag many years ago and even though there was many talented ASM developers who'd happily help failed or figured out that it would need an insane amount of work and time.

i'd happily support this bounty but i want to see goals and i want to know the actual guys who will work on it, saying Opensource won't mean much to me as while it might be positive i still think we need dedicated developers for it (atleast until there is a rewrite etc of the code).

Keep in mind that DopusMAG takes over the whole workbench, all funtions gets mapped etc, yes you can start it as an app/tool type of thing after you have booted up the system (and workbench/wanderer/ambient etc)but it still maps the OS stuff as well as add quite a lot of new functions aswell (or atleast many of them was "new" back when DopusMag1 and 2 was in its heyday.



@takemehomegranny

a lot must have changed in MorphOS1.4 -> 2.7 (and soon 3.0) for sure so i am not entirely sure if dopusMAG2 works as good as it used to run on current morphos versions compared to back in the day.
Also yes, both OS4 and Morphos has indeed used ideas based on Dopus4,Dopus Mag etc but its far from the whole package really, but then again........

[takemehomegrandma]

Originally Posted by lempkee

Also yes, both OS4 and Morphos has indeed used ideas based on Dopus4,Dopus Mag etc but its far from the whole package really, but then again........

You really can't group OS4's workbench together with MorphOS's Ambient in this context; they play in different leagues altogether, they are miles apart. OS4's workbench might have improvements compared to the original, but it's still "only" workbench, and maybe Magellan 2 may be useful here in the same way it was useful on MorphOS versions 1.0->1.4, but not so much in MorphOS 2.7...

From a MorphOS user's perspective, it would certainly make much more sense to add whatever feature to Ambient that you miss from the Magellan 2 WB replacement. And my question remains - what features are those exactly?